Making a cake for a local meeting, I decided on German chocolate. Since I like the frosting all over the cake, I was thinking of something different for the middle. I decided on a cream cheese frosting. Then sweetie pie looked up a common recipe and said how about adding coffee? 3 oz. cream cheese, 1 T. milk, 2 1/2 c.powdered sugar, dash of salt, 1 T. instant coffee, and 1 t. vanilla. Outstanding. Knocked their socks off. .

A few months old discovery for me, but I am enjoying adding Caprese (mozzarella, basil and tomatoes) to just about anything. I want to know why I didn't EVER buy fresh mozzarella before...love the stuff!

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i am thinking the mandolin i had in cupboard forever. i finally mastered my fear of it. had beautiful purple onion and cream cheese on rye sandwich for lunch yesterday. couple days before did white onions to grill for patty melt. i been looking at scalloped potato recipes, think that is next. gonna use for onion for my pasta salad for fourth , slice and chop em up. much better that chunks of onion.

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